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Monday, May 24, 2021

THE GREAT MENORAH DEBATE

 

   

                                 THE GREAT MENORAH DEBATE

 



The last Lubavitcher Rebbe R.M.M. Schneersohn zt"l,  
was very insistent that the Menorah be depicted with straight 
and not with curved branches. 

The Rebbe was also insistent for the Chanuka Menorahs to
resemble the Menorah of the 讘讬转 讛诪拽讚砖 by not having curved branches.

 

The Rebbe's two main proofs that the Menorah's branches were diagonally straight are,

1) Rashi (Shemos 25:32) "诇讻讗谉 讜诇讻讗谉 讘讗诇讻住讜谉"
Most read Rashi as stressing that the branches of the menorah were diagonally straight, and negating that they were rounded like an arch.

2) The Oxford manuscript of the Rambam (驻讛诪"砖 诪谞讞讜转 驻"讙) the design of the Menorah. drawn personally by the Rambam where the branches are depicted as straight lines from the stem to the full height of the menorah.

There are others* who argue on the Rebbe. They hold, there is overwhelming evidence that seems to prove that the Menorah's branches were indeed curved

They claim that both proofs of the Rebbe are inconclusive.

1) The word 讘讗诇讻住讜谉 does not necessarily mean diagonally 
straight but can also mean diagonally curved.
We find Rashi using the word 讗诇讻住讜谉 at least twice in the Torah where 讗诇讻住讜谉 is not a straight line.
(
讘诪讚讘专 诇" 讚: 讬"讗- 讜讛讬专讚谉 诪讜砖讱-     讘诪讚讘专 诇" 讚: 讚 - 讘注谞讬谉 讙讘讜诇讜转 讛讗专抓) 

2) The Rambam writes explicitly in 驻讛诪"砖** that his drawings
are not accurate (using upside-down*** triangles as the 讙讘讬注
and round instead of oval buttons etc.) His sole intention is
to show how the 讙讘讬注讬诐 讻驻转讜专讬诐 & 驻专讞讬诐 were placed on the
Menorah and not a drawing of the Menorah. We can also
assume that the straight diagonal branches were not
intended to be accurate.


讛专讘 讬砖专讗诇 讗专讬讗诇  专讗砖 诪讻讜谉 讛诪拽讚砖 讜专讗砖 讻讜诇诇 讘讬转 讛讘讞讬专讛*

** 讜讗谞讬 诪爪讬讬专 注讻砖讬讜 讛爪讜专讛 讛讝讗转 砖讛讙讘讬注讬诐 爪讜专转 讚讘专 诪砖讜诇砖 讜讛讻驻转讜专 注讙讜诇讛 讜讛驻专讞 讞爪讬 注讙讜诇讛 讻讚讬 砖讬讛讬讛 拽诇 诇讛爪讟讬讬专 砖讗讬谉  讛讻讜讜谞讛讘爪讜专讛 讛讝讗转 诇讛讜讚讬注 讘讛 爪讜专转 讛讙讘讬注 注诇 讗诪转转讜 诇驻讬 砖讻讘专 讘讗专转讬 讗讜转讜 诇讱 讗讘诇 讛讻讜讜谞讛 诇讛讜讚讬注 讘讛 诪住驻专 讛讙讘讬注讬诐 讜讻驻转讜专讬诐 讜讛驻专讞讬诐 讜诪拽讜诪讜转诐 讜讛砖讬注讜专 讛谞砖讗专 诪注诪讜讚 讛诪谞讜专讛 砖讗讬谉 讘讜 砖讜诐 讚讘专 讜讛诪拽讜诪讜转 砖讛讬讜 讘讛谉 讛驻专讞讬诐 讜讛讻驻转讜专讬诐 讜讻讜诇讛 讗讬讱 讛讬转讛 讜讝讜 讛讬讗 爪讜专转 讻诇 讝讛:



***The Rebbe explained why the Rambam drew the 
cups upside down because when one drinks from
a full cup one turns it upside down.The 砖驻注 from
heaven comes down to 讻诇诇 讬砖专讗诇

 

 

 

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